Seminar at the World Water Week 2014 // Hydropower in Transboundary River Basins: Private Investments and Regional Cross-sector Cooperation
By bringing together representatives from the private and public sector as well as from RBOs and their member states, the event aims at addressing these challenges and developing an innovative perspective and a joint private sector-RBO message on integrated water and energy development and management in transboundary river basins.
Time & Room
Thursday 09:00-12:30 Room K22/23 One of the key challenges relates to the interests of the actors involved — especially private investors and operators and financial institutions on the one hand and basin-wide planning institutions, such as River Basin Organizations (RBOs), on the other — often diverging substantially within and across national boundaries. A nexus approach can, however, help increasing the benefits from hydropower and enhancing sustainable resource utilization while avoiding or minimizing potential negative side-effects.Programme
14:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Susanne Schmeier, GIZ 14:05 Challenges and Opportunities in Private Sector-RBO Cooperation Dr. Fritz Holzwarth, formerly BMUBRBOs and the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Rivers: How to Include the Private Sector?
14:20 Engaging the Private Sector in Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Mekong River Basin Mr. Voradeth Phonekeo, MRC 14:30 The Guiding Principles for Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Danube River Basin — A Means for Engaging the Private Sector? Mr. Raimund Mair, ICPDR Secretariat 14:40 A Quick Response to RBOs — the Private Sector Perspective Mr. Bo Libert, UNECE 14:45 Questions & Answers
Hydropower Development and the Private (State) Sector: Which Interest in Sustainable Water Resources Management?
15:00 Engaging in Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin — Private Sector Experiences Mr. Knut Sierotzki, Pöyry Energy AG 15:10 Hydropower Development in Africa's Great Lakes' Region — Experiences on a Transnational Hydropower Operator tbd 15:20 Enhancing Hydropower Sustainability — The Role and Extent of Influence of an Equipment Supplier Dr. Jürgen Schuol, Voith Hydro Mr. Nick Bonvoisin, UNECE Water Convention Secretariat 15:25 Questions & Answers 15:40 Coffee Break 16:00 Panel Discussion: What is the Value of RBOs and the Private Sector Going Together? -Mr. Ivan Zavadsky, ICPDR Secretariat -Mr. Hans Guttman, MRC Secretariat -Dr. Otto Pirker, Verbund Austria -Mr. Stephen Sparkes, Statkraft, Norway -Mr. Cameron Ironside, IHA -Mr. George Constantin, Ministry of the Environment, Romania 16:45 Closing Remarks: Hydropower in Transboundary Basins — The Way Ahead for RBOs and the Private Sector Dr. Waltina Scheumann, DIE Dr. Susanne Schmeier, GIZ 17:00 Close of Seminar